Young farmers offered new loans

Staff / Canadian farmers up to age 30-something are being offered loans to help them improve their operations by buying or upgrading land or farm buildings. Farm Credit Canada and the federal government rolled out a new Young Farmer Loan product, featuring variable rates at prime plus 0.5 per cent, plus no loan processing fees.

More Loan Deadlines Loom For Hog Producers

As Manitoba hog farmers struggle to repay their federal advance payment loans, another loan repayment deadline is looming. Over 130 provincial loans worth more than $40 million will start coming due for hog producers next April. Many producers are having trouble with their long-postponed advance payments and may find it even harder to repay loans


Hog Farmers’ Lenders Remain Tight Fisted: Cpc

Canadian hog producers trying to take advantage of a federal loan loss reserve program say they’ve run up against tough criteria for getting the government-backed loans. Jurgen Preugschas, president of the Canadian Pork Council, told the Manitoba Swine Seminar in Winnipeg Feb. 3 that fi-nancial institutions appear to be using much the same criteria as

Cash advance deadline extended

Cattle and hog producers now have until Sept. 30, 2010 to repay cash advances they got from the federal Advance Payment Program (APP). The first $100,000 of each producer’s advance will continue to be interest free. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture had recently asked the government for such an extension as part of the CFA’s